[1] From the scholia to Thucydides 2.91.3. (The word, and sense, is not of course confined to this author.)
[2] Menander Protector fr. 21 Blockley (192-193), on Baian (cf. alpha 209 note) with his Avar forces crossing over into Roman territory in 578. The phrase has the air of paradox or oxymoron about it, because elsewhere it is common to find merchant ships and 'long ships' (i.e. warships) as opposites; cf. epsilon 995, with a different adjective. On the Avars see alpha 18 generally. Find further extracts from this fragment at alpha 209, alpha 1756, alpha 1841, alpha 2323, and epsilon 995.